A painting by Xai Chase, an art student at Southern Regional High School, won first place in visual arts at the Ocean County Teen Arts Festival at Ocean County College on March 22.
Of the 12 pieces of student artwork from Southern Regional, three were selected to move on to the State Teen Arts Festival at Middlesex County College at the end of May. Chase’s painting, titled “Patches,” and works by Sophia Buonpane (“Into the Unknown”) and Ashley Pierson (“The Greatest Catch”) will compete at the next level.
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